John Rogers

Professor John Rogers is the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery (and by courtesy Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Dermatology) at Northwestern University, USA.  He studied both physics and chemistry at University of Texas and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), ultimately receiving a PhD from MIT in Physical Chemistry.  He has been an inventor on over 80 patents and patent applications, more than 50 of which are licensed or in active use by large companies and startups that he has co-founded, including Active Impulse Systems, Semprius, MC10, CoolEdge, XCeleprint and Transient Electronics.  His research group combines basic research with engineering approaches to further to understand and exploit the characteristics of 'soft' materials alone and in combination with micro and nanomaterials.